Combined shirt and collar fastening device.



H. DE W. HILDRETH. commm) SHIRT AND COLLAR FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1911 Patented May 28, 19 12.

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I-IIRAM DE WITT HILDR-ETI-I, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. I

COMBINED SHIRT AND COLLAR FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 28,1912.

Application filed January 23, 1911. Serial No. 604,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM DE IVI T HIL- DRETI-I, of 110 Ontario avenue,in the city of Hamilton, in the county of VVentworth, in the Province ofOntario, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful CombinedShirt and Collar Fastening Device, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined shirt and collar fastening deviceand it is more particularly applicable for securing the collar bandopening folds and collar ends together.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efiectivemeans whereby a shirt collar band and collar may be securely fastenedtogether without fear of injury to the finger nails or the employment ofa buttoning or stud adjusting device.

The invention consists essentially of a U-shaped clip which is furnishedat the rear of one of itslimbs with a stud attachment for attachment tothe collar band and on the inner face thereof with a projection andspring controlled clip for securing the col lar folds together.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a back viewdrawn to anenlarged scale for the sake of clearness-of the improved shirt andcollar fastening device. Fig. 2, is a section on the line aa, in Fig. 1,Fig. 3, is a front view of the device, and Fig. 4, is an edge viewshowing the spring clip released.

According to my invention I take a strip of suitable metal and bendorfold it upon itself to constitute a U-shaped piece as will 7 be clearlycomprehended from Fig. 2. To one of the limbs, 1, of this U-shaped piecefiat spring 8, which is of approximately the same dimensions as saidUshaped piece.

To the limb 1, and at the rear and upper part thereof I attach byscrewing, riveting or otherwise a stud attachment consisting of a neckpiece 4, and an elongated narrow head 5, which is readily adapted forpassage through the button-holes of a shirt collar band. Theshank 7, ofthis stud attachment is extended through the spring 2, and riveted downto form a projection or pintle 8, which is adapted for cooperation withor insertion through a hole 9, provided for the purpose in the free limb10, of the aforesaid fiat spring 2, as hereafter explained. 11, is afinger lever of the well known type, mounted by lateral projections 12,engaging in stamped up bearings 13, provided for their reception at thesides of a slot 14, in the front limb 15, of the U-shaped piece, and 16,is an inclined extension of said fin ger lever for coiiperating with thefree limb 10, of the flat spring above described.

In use, the wearer, inserts the stud attachment through the button holesof the shirt collar band,indicated by the dotand-dash lines 17, in Fig.2,by holding the device horizontally so that the elongated head 5, is inline with the holes when a slight pressure will force it therethroughwhereupon the device is turned down vertically so that the said head 5,lies across the said button holes and the shirt folds are securelyfastened together. The finger lever 11, is then raised to the positionshown by Fig. 4, when the free portion 10, of the flat spring lies flatagainst the inner face of the limb 15, and the collar ends may be passedinto the device and the pintle 8, inserted into the stud holes therein.When this operation is complete the wearer folds down the finger lever11, to the position shown by Fig. 2, whereupon thepintle 8, is caused toenter the hole 9, in the part 10, of the spring by the inclinedextension 16, forcing said spring. away from the limb 15, as will beclearly understood on an examination of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that by my invention Iprovide a very simple and effective device for the purpose specifiedwhich may be readily and cheaply produced from any desired metal bystamping and I do not limit myself to the pattern or configuration ofthe U-shaped part as that may obviously have any appropriate andartistic outline.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a'shirt andcollar fastening device, the combination; of a U-shaped piece ofmaterial, a similarly outlined piece of springy material fitted thereinone leg of which is secured to one limb of the first named U- shapedpiece, by means of a rivet the other leg of said piece being freeto'move toward the first named leg, a stud attachment fixed to the rearupper end of the same limb as the spring is secured said stud attachmentbeing provided with an elongated head extending longitudinally of theU-shaped piece and having its shank extended through the limb and springto constitute a pintle for engagement in a hole provided for itsreception in the free end of the aforesaid spring, and a finger leverpivoted within a slot in the opposite limb of the U-shaped piece andprovided with an inclined extension for cooperating with the free end ofthe aforesaid spring, substantially as shown for the purpose specified.

Signed in the presence of the subscribing witnesses at Hamilton,Ontario, in the D0- minion of Canada, the 18th day of January, 1911.

HIRAM DE WVITT HILDRETH.

Witnesses:

ALFRED T. BRATTON, GERTIE NICHOLSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Vvashimgton, D. C.

